Problems with Final Cut Pro HD Academic Version?

Is anyone out here having problems with the academic version of Final Cut Pro?
1) Erratic capturing capability---Was able to capture for a few days, and now audio isn't in sync with video during playback.
2) Sudden shutdowns of program
3) Dropped frames
4) Scratch disk QT files were in sync, and now they're playing sluggishly, indicating dropped frames.
I'm no expert, but I've never had such erratic problems with a software program before. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me. I've taken my computer in and gotten a second hard drive, had our operating system reinstalled.
Power Mac 7, 2 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1.8 GHz 512 MB

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